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May 2013

May 15, 2013

When Heaven and Earth Meet–Experiencing a Thin Place

When was the last time you experienced a thin place, a place where heaven and...

May 08, 2013

Catching Up on Giveaways: Eat with Joy, Permission Granted, and What it is is Beautiful

Somewhere out there in the blogosphere, there's a list of rules about how to be...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

Living in Poland with Down Syndrome, the Story of an Artist

The beauty of an artist with Down syndrome, a guest post by Joanna Puciata, in...

March 14, 2013

Two-Headed Baby Born in Brazil (Guest Post by Margot Starbuck)

"Throughout the gospels, Jesus not only does not retreat from those his culture considered other,...

March 12, 2013

What Are You Teaching Your Children About Food? A Guest Post from Rachel Marie Stone

"I felt I was receiving conflicting messages: the first being that my baby’s well-being was...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

The Book I’m Giving Away This Christmas (an excerpt from Karen Swallow Prior’s Booked)

An excerpt (and book giveaway) with thoughts on disability, poetry, and faith from Karen Swallow...

November 23, 2012

The Perfect Christmas Gift?

Looking for an inexpensive but meaningful holiday gift?

July 2012

July 19, 2012

The Best Books About Disability

I was asked to come up with my "Top Five Books About Special Needs" for...

July 11, 2012

Coming out of the Shadows of Autism through Poetry

An interview with Virginia Breen, author of I Am In Here, about autism, faith, and...

July 10, 2012

Summer Reading and A Good and Perfect Gift Book Giveaway

What books are you reading this summer? (plus a chance to win a free copy...

June 2012

June 13, 2012

My First Awards Ceremony…

Books, film, and shows that affirm the highest values of the human spirit.

May 2012

May 17, 2012

“A Perfect Child” Wins First Place…

"My Perfect Child," an essay in Christianity Today about coming to understand Penny as a...

April 2012

April 24, 2012

A Letter to the Church on Friendship

Intervarsity Press recently published Letters to a Future Church, written by an array of men...

March 2012

March 21, 2012

Princeton, Raleigh/Durham, D.C., and Michigan, Here I Come

I'd love to meet some of you face to face, so I wanted to let...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Listening to Grace and Truth: Reflections on Jo Saxton’s More Than Enchanting

As a part of the Patheos Book Club, I was asked to reflect upon Jo...

December 2011

December 29, 2011

How to Make Your Book a Best Seller…

Okay, it's a deceptive blog title. I have no idea how to make my book...

December 20, 2011

Designer Babies, Christmas, and A Good and Perfect Gift

Philip Ney has an essay discussing A Good and Perfect Gift in the current issue of...

October 2011

October 21, 2011

Disability Matters to All of Us . . .

I can understand why lots of people assume that I wrote A Good and Perfect...

October 18, 2011

Strength in Grace: Reflections on Brennan Manning’s All Is Grace

"You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus." --2...

October 12, 2011

Telling the Story: George Estreich’s The Shape of the Eye

I don't have the words to convey how much I liked Geore Estreich's book, The...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Kicking the Habit: Why Worship May Be the Antidote to Addiction

I have a review of Kent Dunnington's new book, Addiction and Virtue: Beyond Models of...

September 26, 2011

What People Are Saying About A Good and Perfect Gift

I thought you might be interested in a few reviews of A Good and Perfect...

September 12, 2011

Another Excerpt and A Good and Perfect Gift Now Available on Kindle

Sharon Hodde Miller was kind enough to promote my book on her blog, sheworships.com. For...

September 12, 2011

Questions for your Book Club

Are you in a Book Club? (This is besides the point of this blogpost, but...

September 06, 2011

Two Minutes with Rachel Simon

I have a brief interview with author Rachel Simon in this month's Books and Culture...

September 02, 2011

Some Thoughts on Amazon and A Good and Perfect Gift

A number of you have written me to ask, "Will A Good and Perfect Gift...

September 01, 2011

A Good and Perfect Gift Debuts (Share The News to Win a Free Copy!)

(Update: Alice Hodgkins has won this giveaway--much thanks to Alice and all the others...

August 2011

August 30, 2011

A Good and Perfect Gift is In Stock! (And a Free Excerpt)

Lots more information to come as the week progresses, including an excerpt and a video...

August 25, 2011

Are You Going on A Book Tour? And Other Thoughts on How to Make a Living as a Writer

I've always assumed that if I ever wrote and published a book, I would then...

August 19, 2011

The Humble Presence of God

I just read a book by a pastor of ours from our college days, Ian...

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